February 9, 2013 – Nemo, a major winter storm
has already brought more than 2 feet of snow
together with hurricane force wind gusts across
New England and Long Island New York. Blizzard
warnings are in effect for the entire coastal
section of the northeast including the New York
and New Jersey metropolitan area.

Winter storm warnings and winter weather
advisories are in effect for much of the
northeast from eastern Pennsylvania north and
eastward into much of Maine. Coastal flood
warnings are in effect for coastal areas in
southern Delaware as well as southeast New
Jersey.

During the past few hours a heavy band of snow
continued to get organized in southern Maine
across central New England and into long island
New York. In addition wind gusts up to hurricane
force have been recorded along with numerous
reports of fallen trees.

Airlines serving the effected areas have
cancelled more than 5,300 flights and the three
major airports serving New York City as well as
Boston's Logan Airport have been shut down.
Boston has received over 21 inches of snow,
Portland, Maine broke its record 27.1 inches set
in January 1979. The city has received over 29
inches. Officials with Delta, JetBlue and United
Airlines reported that some flights to the New
York City airports could resume by midday.

New York City, received 11 inches of snow no
real major impact. Underground public transport
is running without delays. Residents heeded
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's warnings to stay
indoors. By Saturday morning much Manhattan was
back to normal.

On New York’s Long
Island over 10,000 homes are without electrical
power. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island there
are over 600,000 homes and businesses without
power. In Connecticut 30,000 without power.

Many of the roads throughout New England have been
shutdown and are impassable. Snow had piled up so high
in some places people couldn't open their home doors to
get outside. Governors of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine have
declared emergencies.
Massachusetts Governor Patrick Deval placed a motor
vehicle travel ban at 4:00 PM yesterday and it is still
in effect today until further notice. The statewide
driving ban is expected to extend into Sunday. The
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
reported that it was highly unlikely that they would be
able to restore service before Sunday.